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Overcrowding in US Jails, Prisons

This essay offers an argument that it is a moral and ethical outrage that overcrowding in the nation's jails and prisons has been ...

A Dialogue between Historical Theorists

This essay begins by describing the moral and political philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Benito Mussolini...

Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and The Book of Duchess Narrators

In seven pages this paper examines the narrator's moral and reader influence in these works by Geoffrey Chaucer. There are no oth...

Moral Theories of Aristotle and John Stuart Mill

In five pages this paper discusses Aristotle and J.S. Mill in a contrast and comparison of their moral philosophies. Two sources ...

Moral Defects and Virtues

be beneficial in the long run. Do the ends justify the means? Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one...

Jurgen Habermas' Ethical and Moral Theories

In eight pages this paper examines Jurgen Habermas' ethical discourse theories. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and its Moral

which is whether or not Frankenstein should be regarded as an example of science fiction or historical allegory. However, when con...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone According to Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines Kant's philosophical considerations of religion from a moral perspective. Five sources are cite...

Morality According to Kant and Mill

In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...

Expression, Morality, and the 'Ethics' of Pornography

dilemma. Smut? Or Artistic Expression? Pornography, which can encompass everything from finely developed...

J. Baird Callicott and Environmental Ethics

necessity must be maintained by man but are not included in the overall schema of environmental ethics. This holds true because d...

Industrial Pollution and Moral Philosophy

a toxic substance. When corporations repeatedly break the rules regarding environmental protection, it says in a very loud voice ...

2 Philosophical Questions Examined

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...

Human Morality

correct, or is it morally superior to allow a twelve year old rape victim to have an abortion? The problem with morality is that i...

Human Understanding According to David Hume

determines that moral decisions are established as a result of moral sentiment rather than understanding. In the first section o...

Ethical Theories of David Hume

for others, such as Bentham and Mill. One of the positions for which Hume is famous is that we cannot derive ought from is, in oth...

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

Death Penalty Issue

In a paper consisting of five pages the history of the death penalty in the United States is briefly considered along with an exam...

US Moral Crisis According to William Bennett, Bob Avakian, and Jim Wallis

the "processes" or causes of moral decay in the United States. Jim Wallis "The Soul of Politics" presents his view that the signs...

Moral Order and Religious Imagery in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

In five pages this paper analyzes the author's uses of moral order and religious imagery. Four sources are cited in the bibliogra...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

First World I Role of Germany

for example seemed to have been swept into a war which it would ultimately lose. But in a sense, Germany can be seen as the aggres...

Happiness and the Existentialism of Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines what conditions the German philosopher established pertaining to the human need for happiness as...

Thoughts on 1990s' Corporations

Nine business questions are examined in twelve pages and includes corporation definition, social responsibilities and issues discu...

Workplace and Genetic Testing

In eight pages this paper discusses employer use of genetic testing and the related legal, moral, ethical, and financial issues. ...

3 Canterbury Tales and their Story Morals

In 6 pages this paper analyzes the morals in the selections 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' 'The Nun's Priest's Tale,' and 'The Miller'...

'The Mean' Meaning According to Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's concept of 'the mean' is discussed in terms of a balanced universe comprised fo form and matter and the ...

A Comparison of the Films, Do the Right Thing, and 12 Angry Men

This research paper provides a comparison of two films, Sidney Lumet's, Twelve Angry Men, and Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing. Th...

Justifying Moral Claims

In seven pages whether or not moral claims can be justified is examined philosophically with an integration of views from Foucault...